Man arrested after firing gun in Marlborough

MARLBOROUGH — A 66-year-old Marlborough resident was arrested Wednesday night after firing a gun into the ground while a police officer was responding to a disturbance nearby.

The officer witnessed the shooting around 7 p.m. while responding to a domestic disturbance call in the 3000 block of Main Street in Sumneytown, police said.

Marlborough Police Chief Darren Morgan said that there were no injuries and that the man who fired the gun was taken into custody. The man’s name was not released.

A Douglass (Mont.) Township police officer was injured in a two-car crash while responding to assist the Marlborough police officer after reports that shots were fired. The crash happened at the intersection of Route 663 and Hoffmansville Road in New Hanover Township shortly after 7 p.m.

Douglass (Mont.) Police Chief Barry Templin Jr. said that the officer and the other driver suffered injuries but he could not release their names because the crash is still under investigation.

He did say that the Douglass (Mont.) Township police officer had been released from the hospital.

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(Updated 3:25 p.m.) Douglass (Mont.) Township Police Chief Barry Templin Jr. confirmed that a police officer involved in a crash with a civilian car last night was responding to what was believed to be an active shooter call in Marlborough Township.

The collision happened at the intersection of Route 663 and Hoffmansville Road in New Hanover Township.

Templin said that both the officer and the citizen suffered injuries but he could not give out their names because the crash is still under investigation.

He did say that the Douglass Township police officer was out of the hospital.

In a statement released earlier today, Marlborough Police Chief Darren Morgan said that a township police officer witnessed a shooting while responding to a domestic distrubance in the 3000 block of Main Street in Sumneytown Wednesday around 7 p.m.

The report states that a 66-year-old neighbor fired a handgun into the ground and that no one on the scene was hit.

The neighbor was taken into custody and police are investigating the reason behind why the neighbor fired the gun.

(Updated at 9:50 a.m.)MARALBOROUGH — Police Chief Darren Morgan said in a press release that a township police officer witnessed a shooting while respoding to a domestic distrubance in the 3000 block of Main Street in Sumneytown Wednesday around 7 p.m.

The report states that a 66-year-old neighbor fired a handgun into the ground and that no one on the scene was hit.

The neighbor was taken into custody and police are investigating the reason behind why the neighbor fired the gun.

EARLIER VERSION OF STORYDOUGLASS (Mont.) — A Douglass (Mont.) police car was involved in a two-vehicle crash Wednesday night at the intersection of Route 663 and Hoffmansville Road in New Hanover Township.

Police were on the scene for several hours investigating the crash. Injuries were reported. Police were unavailable to give details on the crash Thursday morning.

There were also unconfirmed reports from the Montgomery County radio Wednesday night that a Marlborough Township police officer needed assistance after shots were fired at a police vehicle. A suspect was reportedly in custody.